Netflix Hints at New Partnerships for Set-Top Boxes

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Netflix Hints at New Partnerships for Set-Top Boxes

Okay, so Netflix's first quarter conference call is finally over. The good news? The Los Gatos-based DVD-by-mail company is still schooling Blockbuster. The interesting news? CEO Reed Hastings says the company is planning on even more partnerships with A-list consumer electronics companies.

"We have LG plus three additional partners actively working on integrating our technology into their products," said Hastings during the call. "Three of the four partners are major companies, which each sell millions of devices per year and will enable the Netflix functionality in some of those devices likely in the fourth quarter of this year," Hastings hinted. He added: "The fourth partner is a small company, which will likely launch sooner than Q4."

The partnership with LG is old news, but we're definitely interested in the other mystery partners. We figure at least one of the larger ones has to be Microsoft, but who do you think the other two are? Sound off in the comments.